The reason I ask is that I have just brought a brand new 'already built' a1 sport s tronic and was assured by the salesman that it had paddles. I went to pick it up last night and the first thing I said was where are the paddles !!! He tried something along the lines of 'nobody uses them anyway' and how about a free valet instead !!! So he has been asking to day about it and has had no luck finding out if they have to be factory fitted or not. I have looked through the forums but cant find anything. can anyone help? I would like to think it just needs the correct steering wheel and some programming. Thanks